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Birth name | Luciano Riccardo Ligabue |
Born | 13 March 1960 |
Origin | Correggio, Province of Reggio Emilia, Italy |
Genres | Rock |
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Years active | 1986–present |
Website | www |
Luciano Riccardo Ligabue (born 13 March 1960), commonly known as Ligabue or Liga, is an Italian singer-songwriter, [3] film director, and writer.
Ligabue was born in Correggio, in the province of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy). Before becoming a successful singer, he held various jobs, working in agriculture and in factories. He entered the music world in 1987 when he founded the amateur band Orazero. For this band, he wrote several original songs, with which they participated in several local and national contests. The following year his fellow Emilian singer-songwriter Pierangelo Bertoli was the first to discover Ligabue's writing talents, and included one of Ligabue's songs, "Sogni di Rock'n'Roll" ("Rock n roll dreams"), in his new LP.
The following year Bertoli introduced him to producer Angelo Carrara, to finish an LP of his own, Ligabue , which was released in May 1990. Ligabue soon gained fame as one of the most successful Italian rock stars, finding fans mainly among younger audiences. His most famous hits include Balliamo sul mondo (Let's Dance on the World), Ho perso le parole (I've lost words) and the most successful of all, Certe Notti (Certain Nights), which was voted as "Italian song of the 1990s" in a poll held by a popular music magazine. He also collaborated with another famous singer-songwriter, Francesco Guccini, who also had a part in Ligabue's first movie.
Ligabue directed his first movie, Radiofreccia , in 1998, a semi-autobiographical story of a local radio station. Critics acclaimed it as surprisingly well shot for a newcomer, and the film received three David di Donatello Awards (the highest award in Italian cinema). [4] He also composed the soundtrack. Four years later he shot Da zero a dieci ("From Zero to Ten"): however, it was not as well-received as the first work, by both critics and fans.
On 10 September 2005, Ligabue held a concert in Reggio Emilia to celebrate his first 15 years of activity. The audience of around 180,000 set a European audience record for the one, non-free event for a single artist. However, due to problems with the audio system, several thousand people were unable to listen to the music and left the concert early. Ligabue later apologized for the problems.
Ligabue has also published a short story collection, Fuori e dentro il Borgo ("In and out the village"), which won several literary awards, a science fiction novel La neve se ne frega ("Snow doesn't care") (2005), and collections of poems Lettere d'Amore nel frigo ("Love Letters in the fridge") (2006).
He considers himself a "believer", even if he shows strong criticism towards the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church. [5]
He is a passionate Inter Milan fan.
In the 1980s Ligabue was a member of the communal council of his native Correggio, elected for the Italian Communist Party. Though he no longer assumes a public high-level political position, Ligabue, together with Jovanotti and Piero Pelù, released in 1999 the single "Il mio nome è mai più" ("My Name Is Never Again"), a song against the Kosovo War to collect funds for the Italian NGO Emergency.
NAME TOUR | YEAR/DATE | LOCATION |
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Neverending tour | 1990–1993 | square, club, palasport, theatre |
Buon compleanno Elvis! Tour | 1995–1996 | palasport |
Il Bar Mario è aperto | 1997 | stadium |
Buon compleanno Elvis! Tour – Europa | 1997 | club (Europe) |
Miss Mondo tour | 1999 | palasport, Verona Arena |
1990–2000: 10 anni sulla mia strada | 2000 | stadium |
LigaLive | 2002 | stadium |
Fuori come va? Tour | 2002–2003 | palasport |
Ligabue in teatro | 2002–2003 | theatre |
Campovolo | 10 September 2005 | airport "Campovolo" in Reggio Emilia |
Nome e cognome tour 2006 | 2006 | club, palasport, stadium, theatre |
Ellesette | November – December 2007 | PalaLottomatica, Mediolanum Forum |
European tour | 2008 | club (Europe) |
ElleElle Stadi | 2008 | stadium |
...Sette Notti in Arena, Orchestra e R'N'R! | September – October 2008 | Verona Arena |
Live 2009 | 2009 | club (Europe) |
Ligabue con la sua band Solo Rock'n'roll | 19–20 September 2009 | Verona Arena |
Ligabue con la band e l'orchestra dell'Arena di Verona Sette notti... non-bastano!! | September – October 2009 | Verona Arena |
Stadi 2010 | 2010 | stadium |
Tour Teatri "Quasi Acustico" 2011 | 2011 | Theatre |
Campovolo 2.0 | 16 July 2011 | airport Reggio Emilia |
Sotto bombardamento rock in... | May-June 2012 | Royal Albert Hall in London, Piazza Grande in Locarno, Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples, Parco della Lesa in Cividale del Friuli, Teatro antico di Taormina in Taormina |
Ligabue Live | 4-5 April 2013 | Royal Albert Hall in London |
Ligabue in Arena 2013 | 16-17-19-20-22-23 September 2013 | Verona Arena |
Mondovisione Tour | March 2014-April 2015 | palasport, stadium, club (Canada, U.S.A., Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Japan, China) |
Campovolo-La festa 2015 | 19 September 2015 | airport Reggio Emilia |
Liga Rock Park 2016 | 24-25 September 2016 | Monza Park, Monza |
Dedicato a Noi Indoor Tour | September - December 2023 | palasport |
Year | Title | Credited as | Role | Notes | |||
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Writer | Director | Actor | Soundtrack | ||||
1997 | Partigiani | Himself | Documentary film | ||||
1998 | Radiofreccia | Deejay | Debut as director and screenwriter | ||||
2002 | Da zero a dieci | — | Second film as a director and writer | ||||
2010 | Niente Paura | Himself | Documentary film | ||||
2018 | Made in Italy | — | Third film as a director and writer |
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